Chu Anping

Chu Anping (5 November 1909-September 1966) was a Chinese scholar, liberal journalist, and newspaper editor.

Biography
Chu Anping was born in Zhejiang in 1909, and he graduated from Kwang Hua University in Shanghai in 1932. In 1946, he founded the Observer publication, serving as its organization head and chief editor; he became one of the most famous liberals in China. He also wrote for the Communist Party of China intellectual Guangming Daily during the communist era, but he was attacked by Mao Zedong after his 1957 publication of an article criticizing the CPC's domination of Chinese politics. Chu was purged during the anti-rightist movement, and he committed suicide in 1966.